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उपासते यथा बाला मातर क्षुधयार्दिता: । श्रेयस्कामास्तथा गड़ामुपासन्तीह देहिन:,जैसे भूखसे पीड़ित हुए बच्चे माताके पास जाते हैं, उसी प्रकार कल्याणकी इच्छा रखनेवाले प्राणी इस जगतमें गड़ाजीकी उपासना करते हैं
upāsate yathā bālā mātaraṁ kṣudhayārditāḥ | śreyaskāmās tathā gaḍāṁ upāsantīha dehinaḥ ||
The Siddha said: “Just as hungry children, distressed by hunger, seek their mother, so too embodied beings in this world—desiring true welfare—seek refuge through worship of Gaḍā.”
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Those who seek śreyas (true and lasting welfare) naturally turn toward a trusted refuge; devotion is portrayed as an instinctive movement toward protection and nourishment, like a hungry child seeking its mother.
A Siddha delivers an illustrative comparison: the way hunger drives children to their mother, the longing for well-being drives embodied beings to worship and seek support in Gaḍā within the world.